Meaning of NAMELY
| Pronunciation: | | 'neymlee
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| | Definition: | | [adv] as follows |
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| | Synonyms: | | that is to say, videlicet, viz. |
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| | Definition: | | \Name"ly\, adv.
1. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially;
expressly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
The solitariness of man . . . God hath namely and
principally ordered to prevent by marriage.
--Milton.
2. That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a
particular or specific designation.
For the excellency of the soul, namely, its power of
divining dreams; that several such divinations have
been made, none ?an question. --Addison.
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| | Related Terms: | | as here defined, as here interpreted, especially, exempli gratia, for example, for instance, id est, in explanation, in other words, nominally, particularly, sc, scil, scilicet, specially, specifically, that is, to explain, to wit, videlicet, viz |
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